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p. 14), is in the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney, Keswick Hall, 

 Norwich . 



Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia bifasciata (C. L. Brehni). — 

 1889, Aug. 12th, one, an immature bird, shot near Easington. 

 This was not preserved, but was subsequently identified from a wing 

 by the Eev. H. H. Slater (Nat. 1889, p. 314). A very handsome 

 adult male in my possession was shot at South Cockerington, near 

 Louth, in the autumn of the same year (Nat. 1890, pp. 2 — 5). 

 This is illustrated in Lord Lilford's 'Coloured Figures of the 

 Birds of the British Islands,' part xix. 



Cirl Bunting, Emberiza cirlus, Linn. — 1887, Jan. 5th, an 

 adult male was seen by me in this parish, the black throat broken 

 with grey; not obtained (Cordeaux MS.). 1889, Dec. 10th, 

 Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, when driving from Grainsby to Grimsby, 

 saw one on a hedge-top (Haigh, in litt.). Both these are mid- 

 winter occurrences. 



Ortolan, Emberiza hortulana, Linn. — 1883, May 3rd, one, an 

 adult female, at Great Cotes (Zool. 1883, pp. 253-4; Mig. Kep. 

 1883, p. 44). 1889, Oct. 11th, an immature female shot by 

 Mr. H. B. Hewetson in a stubble near Easington, and is in his 

 collection (Nat. 1890, p. 8). 



Brandt's Siberian Bunting, Emberiza cioides, Brandt. — 

 One was caught alive in an easterly gale by a fisherman under 

 the cliffs at Flamborough Head in November, 1886, and sub- 

 sequently purchased from Mr. Matthew Bailey of that place in 

 June, 1888, by Mr. B. W. Chase, of Birmingham, in whose 

 collection it now is (Nat. 1889, pp. 79, 113, 334, 356). It is 

 figured and described in * The Ibis' for 1889, pp. 293—295. 



Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica, Pallas.— J 881, Sept. 17th, 

 one, a female, shot on the coast near Easington. This bird is now 

 in the York Museum (Zool. 1881, p. 465 ; Mig. Rep. 1881, p. 25). 



Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). — 1881, Dec. 

 27th, one shot at Tetney Lock (Mig. Rep. 1881, p. 25). 1884, 

 Nov. 8th, an adult male near Grimsby ; also a probable female in 

 October of the same year (Zool. 1884, p. 484). 1890, Nov. 18th, 

 a female in winter plumage, shot on the North Cotes sea-bank, 

 and now in the collection of G. H. Caton Haigh, of Grainsby 

 Hall (Zool. 1891, p.. 217; Nat. 1891, p. 26). 



European Shore Lark, Otocorys alpestris (Linn.), — Must 

 now be considered a fairly regular visitor to the east coast, and 



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